Goblin War

Last night, I finished reading Jim Hines’ (jimhines) latest work, Goblin War . This is the third book in his series starring Jig Dragonslayer, a near-sighted runt of a goblin. It’s quite entertaining.

In Hines’ universe, goblins are the least of creation, and Jig was never voted “Most Likely to Succeed” even by the low standards of his species. But thanks to his allegiance with Tymalous Autumnstar, one of the “Forgotten Gods,” he’s become quite successful. Unfortunately, success has its price, especially since Jig’s god wasn’t so much forgotten as banished into hiding and exile. Now, some of the other gods want to find Autumnstar, and are quite prepared to use Jig and any other mortal to get to them.

In Goblin War, Jig gets dragged into the middle of a war between all the monsters of creation and the dreaded Humans. It’s a war that doesn’t look winnable, to either side, but promises to be exceptionally hard on the combatants. In the previous outing of the series, Goblin Hero, I felt that Jig was a little too “woe is me.” Here, I think Hines strikes a better balance between Jig’s innate goblinhood and the fact that Jig has become a very competent leader.

Overall, I found Goblin War quite enjoyable, and it’s fun for readers of all ages.